Direc­tory macros/latex/contrib/dropping

drop­ping – Drop first let­ter of para­graphs

The pack­age pro­vides A LaTeX2ε macro for drop­ping the first
char­ac­ter(s) (or word(s)) of a para­graph, ex­tend­ing the LaTeX 2.09
pack­age drop­caps and au­to­mat­i­cally
tak­ing care of find­ing the font name. Now largely su­per­seded by
let­trine.